Dear Congregants,
Below you will find information about CRS services, events, and news. Please also visit our website by clicking HERE.
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THIS WEEKEND:
Sisterhood/Brotherhood
Shabbat Service
Friday, March 18; 6:00pm
Janet Levy and Paul Gilman will share their experiences of our community, and together we will celebrate the special contributions of the Sisterhood and Brotherhood to the CRS family. Join us to honor our wonderful auxiliaries!
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Shabbat B'Yachad
Saturday, March 19; 9:30am
Following the lively prayer, Torah reading, and family activities please join Rabbi Laufer for Adult Study and Schmooze! There will be supervised activities for the children so that parents can attend the adult study. Service begins at 9:30am, in the 84th Street gym, and the study with Rabbi Laufer will begin at approximately 10:30am.
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Passover Candy Sale to
Help Support the Religious School
Order delicious Matzel Toff! toffee/chocolate matzah treats for your family and friends for Passover! Sale runs online March 7 through April 13 www.matzeltoff.com DON'T FORGET TO USE THIS SPECIAL PROMO CODE WHEN ORDERING! CRSS
Organization: Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Matzel Toff will be delivered directly to your home.
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PURIM SERVICES
AND EVENTS:
Purim Carnival
Wednesday, March 16; 5:00pm-7:00pm
*Special time for younger children 5:00-5:30pm
Children of all ages and their parents are invited to join us for games, food, fun, and prizes! Wear a costume and bring money for food and game tickets. Adult & teen volunteers wanted! (Teens can earn community service hours). Contact Hannah Ellenson at crusty@crsnyc.org for more information. |
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Shabbat Service and Purim Celebration for Families with Special Needs
Saturday, March 19; 1:30pm-2:30pm
Come join the Rodeph Sholom family for a warm, inviting, musical and interactive experience! This Purim celebration is designed to be accessible and sensitive to a variety of needs. There will be healthy snacks available (hamentaschen too!) and the service will be interpreted into Sign Language.
This service is open to the entire Community and all ages are welcome. Costumes are welcome, but please do not wear masks or bring groggers (noisemakers) to the service.
Click HERE to view a flyer for this event.
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Erev Purim Service and Schpiel
Saturday, March 19; 5:30pm
Come one, come all, come in costume!! Starting at 5:30, join us for havdallah, megillah reading, AND a costume parade! Then, stay for dinner and get your Glee on with our annual Purim Schpiel, presented by CRuSTY. Click HERE to view a flyer for this event.
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Purim on a Stick
Saturday, March 19; 7:30pm
A.J. Jacobs, Cynthia Kaplan, Ken Krimstein join us for an evening of Purim amusement - including guitar playing, cartoon drawing, Purim extemporizing, essay reading, and a caption contest leading up. As always, the Brotherhood will bring the fun.
Enter the "caption contest" by sending in the perfect caption for the cartoon created just for us. Click HERE to view the cartoon.
RSVP and send in your entries to: brotherhood@crsnyc.org or drop off at the synagogue. The winner will win something.
Watch this.
This event is for adults, but babysitting will be available for children ages 3 and up; please include names and ages of children when making reservations.
Purim Megillah Reading
Sunday, March 20; 10:00am
Megillah reading followed by a light brunch
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Sign Language Interpreted Services
In an ongoing effort to be a fully inclusive community, Congregation Rodeph Sholom is working towards having sign language interpreters at our Friday night services once a month. Our next ASL-Interpreted Erev Shabbat Service will be held on Friday, March 25. Please stay tuned for future dates in the coming months.
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KCC* is Going to
Kehila Kedosha Janina!
Monday, March 28; 10:50am
Meet at the front entrance of Kehila Kedosha Janina
(280 Broome Street)
Fee is $18 (Lunch is included)
RSVP: KCC Voicemail: 646-454-3118
Congregation Kehila Kedosha Janina is a small synagogue in New York City built in 1927 by Romaniote Jews from Janina, Greece.
While there, we will enjoy a guided tour of the museum, including a movie and a kosher lunch. For more information, visit www.kkjsm.org and click HERE to view the flyer for this event.
*Kahal, Culture, and Camaraderie, CRS's group for congregants 60+
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Young Families Shabbat Dinner
Friday, April 1; 5:00pm
Please join us for a very short Tot-Shabbat like service (designed especially for little kids) followed immediately by a festive and family-friendly Shabbat dinner. There will be plenty of kid-friendly food, and plenty of room for the kids to play when they're done eating and we're still talking. $25 per adult. All kids are free. Please RSVP to youngfamilies@rodephsholom.org and include your name and the number of adults and children attending. (You may charge to your Rodeph Sholom account or pay at the door).
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Spring Shabbaton
Friday, April 1; 6:00pm (during Erev Shabbat Services): Rabbi Michael Marmur, Vice President of Academic Affairs at HUC-JIR, will speak on, "Impurity and Opportunity: A Progressive Jew Looks at Israel."
Saturday, April 2nd; 10:15am (during Chapel Shabbat Morning Service); Rabbi Marmur will speak on, "Rhythm and Renewal: On Jewish Prayer." Following Services on April 2nd, join us for lunch and Rabbi Marmur's discussion on: "The Fifth Cup: A Theology of Militant Moderation."
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New Member Breakfast
Wednesday, April 6; 8:30-9:30am (or after drop-off)
Community**Conversation**Coffee - what more can you ask for? Click HERE to view a flyer for this event. Questions and/or RSVP: Nadine Kochavi--email: membership@crsnyc.org or call: 646-454-3055
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| Job Fair
Wednesday, April 6; 10:00-2:00pm
At The JCC in Manhattan; 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street
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When Someone You Love
is Struggling with Mental Illness:
Navigating Relationships and Getting Help
Thursday, April 7; 8:00-9:30am
A panel discussion from the CRS Mental Health Initiative. All panelists will speak to the experience of having a relative who is mentally ill. Everyone welcome! A light breakfast will be served.
For more information, contact rabbigrushcow@crsnyc.org or call 646-454-3025. Click HERE to view a flyer for this event.
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Mah Jongg at CRS
Thursday, April 7; 1:00pm-4:00pm
Cards available for purchase for $8.00 or bring your own. Novices and veteran players are all welcome! Click HERE for more information. Please RSVP at mahjongg@crsnyc.org.
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Exploring a CRS Book Club
In talking to each other, a number of us felt that a revival of a monthly book club would be a most welcome addition to Rodeph Sholom's programs.
We will be having a planning meeting on April 11 at 7:00pm and would be happy to have the input of all who are interested in participating. We know it will be a most rewarding and gratifying experience.
If you are interested, please respond to Rabbi Leora Kaye, Program Director rabbikaye@crsnyc.org
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Sisterhood Passover Cooking
Tuesday, April 12; 7:00pm
Hopeless in the kitchen or the one with all the answers - please join us for the second annual Passover cooking program, featuring all new recipes. Congregants will lead hands-on cooking lessons using Kosher for Passover recipes. We will share the rich cooking traditions of the holiday, learn a little about Passover, and sample the fruits of the evening's efforts with friends, new and old! Please RSVP to sisterhood@CRS.org (646-454-3101) and include a copy of your favorite Passover recipe to share. Everyone will receive a copy of the collected recipes to take home that night.
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PASSOVER EVENTS AND SERVICES:
Shabbat and Passover Service for Families with Special Needs
Saturday, April 9: 1:30-2:30pm
Please check our website for more information in the coming weeks and/or email specialneeds@crsnyc.org
The 21st Annual Memorial
John Kowal/ Rev. Preston Washington Freedom Seder
Friday, April 15; 7:30-9:00pm
Join with CRS and our friends from Memorial Baptist Church in Harlem to commemorate our common journey out of slavery to freedom.
$25 per person; To RSVP, please e-mail freedomseder@crsnyc.org or call 646-454-3121.
Click HERE to view a flyer for this event.
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Congregational Passover Seder
with Rabbi Grushcow and Cantor De Lowe
Monday, April 18; 6:00pm
Join us for a meaningful and delicious Passover celebration!
Please RSVP: passover@crsnyc.org or call 646-454-3120
For more information on cost click HERE to view a flyer.
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First Day of Passover Morning Service:
Tuesday, April 19; 10:00-11:30am
Last Day of Passover Yizkor Service:
Monday, April 25; 10:00-11:30am
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Adult Learning and Life
How I Have Changed My Mind
Rabbi Neil Gillman, Ph.D
Tuesday, March 15; 7:15pm
How an unsophisticated, young, fundamentalist rabbinical student became, some fifty years later, a professor of Jewish philosophy and a vocal advocate of a radically liberal approach to Jewish thought and practice by learning the hows and whys of being able to change his mind.
Lunch Together
Tuesday, April 5; 11:30am-1:30pm
Stanlee Stahl, Executive Director of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, will introduce a filmed reunion between a Jew who was hidden by a Gentile family in Poland and, as a result, survived the Holocaust, and a member of that Gentile family. In observance of Yom HaShoah, learn who went into hiding, who became rescuers, and much more. A dairy lunch will be served, and a minimum contribution of $8 per person is suggested. RSVP to 46-454-3029 or lunchtogether@crsnyc.org.
Vayinafash: Can You Really "Re-Soul" Yourself At This Age?
If you consider yourself to be a "Baby Boomer," have you wondered what Judaism has to say about the next chapter of your life?
Rabbi Robert Levine
Friday April 8; 12:00 - 1:15pm (light lunch at 11:30am)
With All That Has Happened To Me How Could I Ever Say Thank God?
As we grow older, we experience many joys in our lives, but also struggle with crises and losses. Too often we take the good for granted and rail against our challenges. In this conversation with Rabbi Robert Levine we will discuss how to face life with a more positive perspective, so we can look at the entire landscape and be able to say THANK GOD.
Brotherhood Torah Study
Rabbi Robert N. Levine, D.D.
Tuesday, April 12; 8:00 - 9:00am
The Disappearing Jewish Man
We are proud to finally live in a generation when Jewish women can have full access to a religious and spiritual life. But many researchers have noted that with the opening of doors to women, liberal temples also experience a decline in men's participation. What does this mean for synagogue life? All congregants are invited to join us for this breakfast learning opportunity. For more information, please email brotherhood@crsnyc.org.
Ongoing Adult Education Classes
Session 3: New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promises by Beth S. Wenger (1996)
Rabbi Grushcow
Thursday, March 17; 12:00-1:30pm
Pray, Love, Eat! Kashrut, Ethics, and Jewish Eating in Modern America Rabbi Sari R. Laufer Monday, April 4; 12:00-1:30pm This four-session class will examine kashrut and Jewish eating, from its legal and historical underpinnings to modern day questions of environmental sustainability and ethics, and how our tradition teaches us to sanctify the everyday act of eating. Bring lunch and your questions. You might even get some good recipes!
Physicians' Study Group - (Thursdays 7:00pm) Therapists' Study Group - (Thursdays 3:00pm) For information, contact rabbigrushcow@crsnyc.org How to Raise a Mentsch: Teen Edition Tuesdays; 9:00-10:30am Early morning option: Time: 8:00am Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow, D. Phil. Click HERE to view a flyer for this event. Baby Mentsch Thursdays; 9:00-10:30am Rabbi Benjamin H. Spratt Click HERE to view a flyer for this event. Text Out of Context March 17; 8:00 - 9:00am Rabbi Andrea Myers Click HERE to view a flyer for this event. Basic Judaism Shabbat and the Festivals Wednesdays; 7:00-8:30pm Rabbi Sari Laufer, Rabbi Benjamin Spratt, Rabbi Lisa Grushcow Beginning Hebrew - Sara Rosen Mondays (6:30 - 7:30pm) Tuesdays (8:00 - 9:00am) Wednesdays (8:00 - 9:00am) October - May Click HERE to view a flyer for this event. |
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P2K Update
The Israeli teens from our 6th year of our UJA-Federation Partnership 2000 Teen Israel Exchange Program with Kol Haneshama will be visiting Rodeph Sholom from April 6-14! Please welcome them to our congregation at Friday night services on April 8 and Shabbat morning services on April 9!
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Are You a Member of the
Ner Tamid Society?
If you've made provisions for Rodeph Sholom in your estate planning, let us know so that we can honor your devotion by inscribing your name on the Ner Tamid Society plaque in the synagogue's lobby.
Through planned gifts such as bequests, life insurance policies, gift annuities and charitable trusts, you can help provide meaningful Jewish experiences to future generations of this Congregation. Planned gifts may also provide you with tax deductions as well as reduce estate taxes to your beneficiaries (please consult your financial advisor). For sample language for a bequest, click HERE. For more information, contact Deborah Siegel at 646-454-3050 or dsiegel@crsnyc.org.
If you would like to order a memorial plaque in time for yiskor on April 25th, please contact the Development Department immediately at 646-454-3050 or development@crsnyc.org. Click HERE for the brochure.
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Volunteers Needed: Project Moving On/Women In Need
Each week, CRS volunteers help pack up cartons of food and other kitchen items-including cookware and flatware, along with books, toys and clothing, for families (usually mothers with young children) transitioning from homeless shelters into permanent apartments. A project of the Community Concerns Committee, we have been doing this for many years now; CRS helps up to 5 families a week through Project Moving On/Women in Need.
The cartons are picked up by WIN on Thursdays, so the packing must be done on Tuesday or Wednesday, but each team sets its own schedule. At the moment, we are looking for two volunteers who can work on a regular basis, every other week, helping to pack up boxes. We also need a few people willing to volunteer as back-up packers, to step in when one of the regular volunteers is unavailable.
If you are interested or have questions please call Kasy Foldes at 646-454-3043 or email her at kfoldes@crsnyc.org and leave your name, your email address, your telephone number and the best time to call you back.
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Underwriting Opportunities
You may fund new initiatives or provide budget relief for costly projects so that more funds will be available for education and other activities. A donor can either totally or partially underwrite a project. Here are some current suggestions:
Confirmation Class Display - thanks to a generous contribution, we have begun the process of planning for the framing 
and installation of the more than 70 Confirmation class photos that will be formally unveiled at the Confirmation ceremony on June 7, 2011. Several additional gifts are sought to fully cover the costs of this project.
 Sign Language Interpreters - we would like to offer Sign Language Interpreters at Erev Shabbat services once a month. A gift of $5,000 will cover a full year's calendar of services. Please contact Deborah Siegel, Director of Development, at 646-454-3050 or dsiegel@crsnyc.org to discuss these or other underwriting opportunities.
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Underwriting
Opportunities
"Tzedakah begins the moment we decide to think about other people besides ourselves."
-Rabbi Robert Levine
click HERE for CRS underwriting opportunities |
Union Field Cemetery
You are encouraged to come visit and learn more about Rodeph Sholom's historic Union Field Cemetery. Discounted fees are available for CRS members. To learn more about the cemetery, call our knowledgeable staff at 718-366-3748.
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March
Donation Box Passover Food Drive Click HERE for more information.
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Hearing Enhancement Devices
Hearing enhancement devices are available for all services. Please see the security desk for assistance.
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Bereavement Notices
Click HERE if you would like to be informed of deaths in our community. |
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Bikkur Cholim
We have a committed group of Bikur Cholim volunteers who are going to be visiting the Jewish Home and Hospital. If you or a loved one live there and would appreciate a visit from a friendly Rodeph Sholom visitor, please send an e-mail to visiting@crsnyc.org with contact information.
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